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COP30 in Belém, Brazil is being heralded as a pivotal “COP of adaptation” and a turning point for implementing climate solutions on the ground. The Brazilian COP30 Presidency’s communications emphasize three core priorities: strengthening multilateralism, connecting climate action to people’s daily lives, and accelerating implementation. There is a strong focus on protecting vital ecosystems – especially the Amazon – and integrating

A breakthrough in carob propagation is empowering Tunisia’s forestry sector to restore degraded lands, support rural livelihoods, and enhance climate adaptation. Carob (Ceratonia siliqua), a native Mediterranean tree, stands out as one of Tunisia’s most promising climate-resilient crops. With its ability to thrive in drought-prone, degraded soils, carob offers ecological protection, economic opportunity, and social value, particularly in silvopastoral systems

The ShambaShield Playbook charts a new path for climate finance in Kenya, showing how farmer-driven design can make financial tools more inclusive, practical, and resilient for smallholders facing a changing climate. What if the future of farm finance wasn’t about rolling out more products, but about listening more closely? Across rural landscapes, smallholders encounter financial services that feel distant, with

by Maherin Ahmed In celebration of its 39th anniversary, the World Food Prize Foundation has announced the 2025 cohort of Top Agri-food Pioneers (TAP)—39 visionary leaders transforming agriculture and food security worldwide. Among them is Dr. Inga Jacobs-Mata, Deputy Director of the CGIAR Scaling for Impact (S4I) program and Director of Water, Growth and Inclusion at the International Water Management

By Christian Dohrmann This year, Thailand and the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) have embarked on a journey toward improving its sustainable rice cultivation practices. The Thai Rice: Strengthening Climate-Smart Rice Farming and the Accelerating the Scaling of Low-Emissions Rice in Southeast Asia projects, among other initiatives, are gaining momentum in the country. As part of this journey, IRRI has

In the coastal villages of Tanzania’s Lindi region, where the sun warms the earth year-round, Debora Elimeleki Munisi once raised local chickens, which, though resilient and traditionally valued, had a slow growth that did not inspire moving beyond subsistence farming. “I started with local chicken, but they always gave me losses. So I decided to search for more modern breeds

By Hala Abushama, Kibrom Abay, Katrina Kosec, and Khalid Siddig November 7, 2025 The ongoing war in Sudan—sparked in April 2023 by violent clashes between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces—has produced one of the world’s most complex, protracted, and under-addressed humanitarian emergencies. The country faces widespread displacement, severe and acute food insecurity, institutional fragmentation, and the collapse of essential

By Maria DiGiovanni November 7, 2025 Conflict is a primary driver of recent food crises, while extreme poverty in fragile settings is only anticipated to rise in the years ahead—an increasingly dangerous dynamic that threatens the lives and livelihoods of millions of people. The central role of food security in ensuring global stability was the theme of an October 21 panel discussion at the 2025 Norman E.